Luxury goods group Richemont struck a cautious note after reporting sales numbers hurt by moves to combat the grey market and efforts by the Chinese government to discourage consumers from spending overseas.

Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe is seeing good demand across the world, its president told Reuters on Thursday, playing down industry concerns about a potential slowdown in top luxury goods buyer China.

Luxury goods group LVMH’s watch brands will be present at the next edition of the Baselworld watch fair in March, the outgoing head of its watch division told CNN Money Switzerland, adding the show needs to make changes.

Swiss competition authority WEKO said on Tuesday it has declined to open a formal investigation into watchmakers including Swatch, LVMH and Richemont over the supply of spare parts for independent watch repair shops.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group is quitting the annual Baselworld watch and jewellery trade fair, said a report on Sunday, calling time on an event that has been a fixture of the luxury industry calendar for a century.

...Swatch Group will host an event for watch retailers from March 19 to 26 next year, just ahead of the Baselworld watch fair it recently dropped out of, according to an invitation seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

...for one of the brand's free Fit Folio kits, which includes a soft tape measurer, measurement instructions and a fabric swatch of one of the brand's upcoming silks. Next, the measurements are saved on the site, allo...

...more than 16 percent of their value this year, were down 6 percent at 1033 GMT, against a 3.8 percent fall for rival Swatch Group.Sales growth has slowed for Swiss luxury watchmakers of late, with exports to their ...

...Patek Philippe is one of the last independent Swiss watch brands in an industry dominated by multi-brand groups such as Swatch and Richemont.Stern said his company was constantly adding to its 2,450 staff, but woul...

...Switzerland’s largest watch trade show, will not be hosting Corum at its upcoming edition. The news comes shortly after the Swatch Group also announced that it would not be showing at the trade show and its number ...

...instead of March and prices for exhibiting brands, but also for hotel rooms in Basel, needed to come down.“I agree with Swatch Group that the fair has never adapted to the 21st century, it is true.”The rival Geneva...

...The number of exhibitors at the Basel fair halved this year and it recently lost one of its most important pillars when Swatch Group dropped out.The SIHH had been seen as benefiting from Baselworld's troubles, with...

...past years, with competition from smartwatches one of the factors responsible.Brands in that price range include Swatch Group's Swatch and Tissot, the Mondaine brand and fashion watches made by U.S. watchmaker Foss...

...groups and brands have seen their profitability hit by the downturn, including Burberry, Cartier owner Richemont and Swatch, which issued a profit warning last month.Boss, which announced in March it would close ar...

...brands have seen their profitability hit by the luxury goods downturn, including Burberry, Cartier owner Richemont and Swatch, which issued a profit warning earlier this month.Valuations in the luxury sector are do...

...Swatch Group said on Thursday it expected a recovery in the second half after first-half net profit plummeted 52 percent to 263 million Swiss francs ($267.2 million) as lower sales and the absence of cost cuts hit ...

...Adding to the three categories, the ITS Artwork prize was created in 2014, under the guise of a new partnership with Swatch."We searched for beauty and we found it, creating 15 years ago a space where creativity ca...

...European luxury goods firms fell sharply on Friday, with Swatch slumping 13 percent to its lowest in 6-1/2 years after the world's biggest watchmaker warned its first-half profit would drop by 50-60 percent.

...as for Chanel, Armani, Versace, Prada and more, and moved up one place to fourth.Also moving up one were Switzerland's Swatch (Breguet, Longines, Omega) and France's Kering (Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga), with ...

...Swatch Group will host an event for watch retailers from March 19 to 26 next year, just ahead of the Baselworld watch fair it recently dropped out of, according to an invitation seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

...more than 16 percent of their value this year, were down 6 percent at 1033 GMT, against a 3.8 percent fall for rival Swatch Group.Sales growth has slowed for Swiss luxury watchmakers of late, with exports to their ...

...Patek Philippe is one of the last independent Swiss watch brands in an industry dominated by multi-brand groups such as Swatch and Richemont.Stern said his company was constantly adding to its 2,450 staff, but woul...

...instead of March and prices for exhibiting brands, but also for hotel rooms in Basel, needed to come down.“I agree with Swatch Group that the fair has never adapted to the 21st century, it is true.”The rival Geneva...

...The number of exhibitors at the Basel fair halved this year and it recently lost one of its most important pillars when Swatch Group dropped out.The SIHH had been seen as benefiting from Baselworld's troubles, with...

...past years, with competition from smartwatches one of the factors responsible.Brands in that price range include Swatch Group's Swatch and Tissot, the Mondaine brand and fashion watches made by U.S. watchmaker Foss...

...competition authority WEKO said on Tuesday it has declined to open a formal investigation into watchmakers including Swatch, LVMH and Richemont over the supply of spare parts for independent watch repair shops.

...Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group is quitting the annual Baselworld watch and jewellery trade fair, said a report on Sunday, calling time on an event that has been a fixture of the luxury industry calendar for a century.

...Swatch Group will host an event for watch retailers from March 19 to 26 next year, just ahead of the Baselworld watch fair it recently dropped out of, according to an invitation seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

...for one of the brand's free Fit Folio kits, which includes a soft tape measurer, measurement instructions and a fabric swatch of one of the brand's upcoming silks. Next, the measurements are saved on the site, allo...

...more than 16 percent of their value this year, were down 6 percent at 1033 GMT, against a 3.8 percent fall for rival Swatch Group.Sales growth has slowed for Swiss luxury watchmakers of late, with exports to their ...

...Patek Philippe is one of the last independent Swiss watch brands in an industry dominated by multi-brand groups such as Swatch and Richemont.Stern said his company was constantly adding to its 2,450 staff, but woul...

...All-Star Klay Thompson, top rookie Trae Young and a continued contract with long-time brand ambassador Tony Parker The Swatch Group subsidiary will be represented in team marketing plans, in-arena creative and di...

...instead of March and prices for exhibiting brands, but also for hotel rooms in Basel, needed to come down.“I agree with Swatch Group that the fair has never adapted to the 21st century, it is true.”The rival Geneva...

...The number of exhibitors at the Basel fair halved this year and it recently lost one of its most important pillars when Swatch Group dropped out.The SIHH had been seen as benefiting from Baselworld's troubles, with...

...past years, with competition from smartwatches one of the factors responsible.Brands in that price range include Swatch Group's Swatch and Tissot, the Mondaine brand and fashion watches made by U.S. watchmaker Foss...

...competition authority WEKO said on Tuesday it has declined to open a formal investigation into watchmakers including Swatch, LVMH and Richemont over the supply of spare parts for independent watch repair shops.